Clothes-line holder.



No. 707,847. Patented Aug. 26, |902.

A. H. Jones.V

CLOTHES LINE HOLDER.

' ATIORNEYS Nn. 707,847. Patented Aug. 25, |902.4

A. H. Jones.

CLOTHES LINE HIILDERA (Application led Jan 15, 1902.)

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A.r H. JONES.

CLOTHES LINE` HOLDER.

'Application med Jan. 15, i902.) (No Modei.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

ATTORNEYS ilNiFED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED n. JONES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,847, dated August26, 1902. .application iiled January `15, 1902. Serial No. 89,869. (Nomodel.)

.To .ftiZ wiz/om, it' may concern; i

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. JONES, a citizen ofthe UnitedStates,.residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofA Kings and State of NewYork, have` invented certain new and useful Improvements inVClothes-Line Holders, of which the following is a full and completespecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same. i

The object of this invention is to provide an improved clothes-lineholder ofV the class employed in connection with a window-frame, so asto enable the occupants of a i'lat or other dwelling apartment to easilyand conveniently manipulate a clothes-line which is provided withanothersupport at a distance from the window, a further object being toprovide a clothes-line holder of the class specified,

which is particularly adapted for use by theV occupant or occupants of aflat or other dwelling-apartment'in cities or towns and by means ofwhich garments or other articles may be hung on the clothes-line andremoved therefrom by a party from within the apartment and without thenecessity of leaning out of the window; and with these and other objectsin view the invention consists in a device of the class specifiedconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, in which theseparateparts of my improvement are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views, Figure l is an inside view of thelefthand side of a part of a window-frame provided with my improvedclothes-line holder; Fig. 2, a plan view thereof; Fig. 3, an outsideView thereof and showing one method of operating the device; Fig. 4., asectional plan View of a detail of the construction; Fig. 5, a viewsimilar to Fig. l, showing other parts of the device; Figo', a viewofanother detail of the construction; Fig. 7, an inside View of a part ofa window-frame and showing also a modied form of a part Of'the deviceconnected therewith; Fig. S, a transverse section of a pulleywhich Iemploy on the lineA 8 S of Fig. 5; Fig. 9, a planview of a detail of theconstruction and showing a modification; Fig. IO, an inside view of aclamp which I employ,

and Fig. 1l a side elevation of a modified form of construction shown inFig. 9.

In the drawings forming part of this speci- Iication, I have shown at aa part of the lefthand side of a window-frame, and this frame isprovided with an Outside bead or strip a2, an inside bead or strip a3,and an intermediate bead or strip d4, and in practice Windowsashes aremounted between these beads or strips in the usual manner; but saidsashes form no part of my invention, and are therefore not shown.

In the practice of my invention I secure to the outer bead or strip a2 aplate a, which is provided near, the upper end thereof with anupwardly-directed pintle o7 and near the lower end with a similarupwardly-directed pintle as. Connected with the pintlesa7 and a8 andadapted to swing thereon is a spanner-yoke l), the arms of which areprovided with end portions b2, through which said pintles pass, and saidend portions are also provided each with a transverse bore or openingb3, adapted to receive a headed screw or bolt, as shownV at b4, and theoperation of which will be hereinafter described', this headed screw orbolt being shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The Spanner-yoke bis providedcentrally with a thickened or enlarged portion b5, the outer edge ofwhich is segmentalin form transversely thereof and preferably providedwith serrations or teeth b, and secured. to the outer side of thewindow-frame is a plate 57, to which is hinged a supplemental plate bs,which is provided with corresponding teeth,

yand said plate bs is provided with a longitudinal slot b9, throughwhich is passed a thumbscrew c, by means Ofwhich the plate bs may besecurely clamped to the Spanner-yoke b, and by means of thisconstruction the spanner-yoke may be swung and adjusted to any desiredposition, as will be readily understood. 'lhe Spanner-yoke b is providedcentrally of its outer side with a neck or projection c2, which isprovided at its outer end with a spherical head or ball c3, which isshown partly in full lines in Fig. l, in dotted llines in Fig. 2, andpartly in full lines in Fig. 3. I also provide an arm d, which mayconsist of a tube or rod, and to one end of this arm is secured a sleeved2, which consists ot' two longitudinal parts cl3, and the outer end ofthis sleeve is provided with an oblong head d4, half of which is formedon each of the parts of said sleeve, and this head is held at an' angleto said sleeve of about forty-five degrees, and in the central portionof said head.

' orthe connection thereof with either side of the window-frame, ashereinafter described, and this construction constitutes aball-andsocket joint, by means of which the arm d is connected with t-heSpanner-yoke b and by means of which said arm may be swung downwardly orupwardly or outwardly and turned at an angle of forty-five degrees, moreor less, to the side of the window-frame, as shown'in Fig. 3. In theupper outer portion of the head d4 or in the separate partsthereof ismounted a pulley d6, and a corresponding pulley d? is mounted I-in thelower inner portion of said head, and inthe top portion'of said headover the pulley 'd6 is a curved slot or groove d8, whereby aninwardly-directed projection dg is formed, which extends over the pulleyd6, and in practice the line e is passed through this slot onto thepulley d, and the projection df holds said line in position on saidpulley and prevents `said line 'from being accidentally-detached fromsaid pulley.-v In one side of the head d4 and over the pulley dl is atransverse groovef, through which the line e mayalso be passed in theoperation of connecting it with or passing it over the pulley d?, andthis position of said line is shown indotted lines in Fig. l. It will beunderstood, of course, that the line e is a double or endless line andis providedin practice with a supplemental pulley-support arranged at asuitable distance'from the window, as isordinary in this class ofdevices, said supplemental pulley-support being not shown, and inpractice I place in the end of the arm d, opposite its connection withthe Spanner-yoke b,a pulleyg, around which said line is also passed.

In making the connection of the pulley g with the arm d I secure to saidarm a yoke g2,

, a sectional plan View of which is given in Fig.

4 and al transverse section in Fig. 8, and the pulleyg is mounted in asegmental holder g3, provided with a swiveled eye g4, through whichpasses a bolt g5, provided with a thumbnutgs, and said pulley is alsoprovided with a shaft 97, which passes through the central Vhub thereof,and the segmental holder g3 of said pulley is provided centrally of theside thereofwith projections-g8, through which said shaftr passes, andthese projections are convex on their outer side and adapted to closelyfit between the arms of the yoke g2, which are concave longitudinally ontheirinner sides, as clearly shown in Fig. 8. The separate sides of theyoke g2 are also provided interiorly Vand near the inner ends thereofwith inwardly-directed shoulders h, and in practice the pulley-holder g3is passed in between the outer ends of the separate sides of the yoke g2and shoved forward until theprojections g8 at the sides of said holderstrike the shoulders or projections h, and the bolt g5 is then passedthrough the swiveled eye g4 and said pulley-holder is securely held inplace `and'tnay be removed or pulled outwardly at any time by removingthe bolt g5. I also secure transversely of the windowframe, referencebeing made to Figs. l and 2, a bar h2, and this bar is mounted inkeepers h3, secured to the opposite sides of said frame and only one ofwhich is shown, and these keepers are provided with set-screws h4, bywhich said bar. is secured therein. Mounted on the bar h2 and adjustablethereon by means of the screw and thumb-nut h5 is a sleeve4 h", and saidsleeve is provided with a downwardly-directed hanger hf", rigidlysecured thereto or formed integrally therewith, and this hanger isprovided at its lower end with a clamp hs, consisting of a plate 71.9,which is hinged thereto and which is provided at its outer end with asegmental recess t', which opens outwardly and upwardly, and a segmentaljawitispivoted totheplate 71.9,as shown at 3,and provided with adownwardly and ont- IOO wardly directed finger i* and a backwardly thedevice, and said arm may be removed from said clamp by simply liftingthe inner end thereof, andthe limit of the swing of the jaw i2 towardVthe adjacent side of the window-frame is regulated by a projection 7,and the hinge connection of the plate hD with the hanger 72,7 ispreferably made by means of a pintle 7o, provided at one endv with avthumb-nut 7a2; but this connection may be made in any desired manner,and as thus constructed it will be seen that the clamp hs may be swungoutwardly and inwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and thisoperation of said clamp also enablesthe arm d to be swunglaterally, asis also shown in dot- `ted lines insaid ligure.

In Fig. 7 I have shown a modification of the bar h2 and its connectionand support, and this modification consists of keepers 7c3, secured toone side of the window-frame trans- IIO versely thereof, and mounted inthese keepers is a transversely-movable bar 794, preferably providedwith countersinks or depressions 71:5, adapted to receive the point of athumb-screw 7c, which is passed through one of said keepers and by meansof which said bar may be held at any desired position or adjustmenttransversely of the window-fram e, and to the end of this bar :is hingedthe clamp 71.8, hereinbefore described, this clamp and the connectionthereof with the bar 7cl being exactly the same as the clamp which isconnected with the hanger 7i?, which forms a part of or is secured tothe sleeve h6, as shown in Figs. l and 2. The formof clamp and attachingor connecting bar 7a4 as'shown in Fig. 7 is intended for use Awhere thearind is held close to the adjacentside of the window-frame; but thecorresponding parts shown in Figs. l and 2.are intended for use when thearm-c7 is swung into'position at some distance from the said side of thewindow-frame,.which frequently happens on account .of the position ofthe supplemental support of the line e, which is, as hereinbeforestated, arranged at a suitable distance from the window and the positionof which may necessitate the swinging of the arm c7 transversely of thewindow'- frame to a considerable distance Afrom the adjacent side ofsaid frame. As thus constructed it will be apparent that the armfcl4 maybe moved or swung outwardly orinwardly-and downwardly or'upwardly, and

said arm may be swung entirely outside of dow-frame iu order that thewindow-sash may be raised or lowered, it is necessary to provide meansto hold said arm away from the frame and to hold it stationary andprevent its swinging, andthus bruising or injuring the frame or breakingthe glass in the sashes, and for this purpose I pass through the innerend of the sleeve C72 and through the arm da bolt m, which is providedat one end with a thumbnut m2, and from the inner end of this bolt inthe position of the parts shown inFig. 1 I suspend a link or similardevice m3, which constitutes a brace and which when said arm d is swungdownwardly and outwardly outside of the window-frame is connected withthe lower pin, bolt, or screw b4 at the lower end of the Spanner-yoke b,as indicated in dotted.V lines in Fig. 3, and in this position of theparts the arm d will be held entirely outside of the window-frame and inla downwardly and outwardly directed position.

My improved clothes-line holder may be connected with the opposite sideof the window-frame, as will be readily understood, and in this positionof the parts the Spanner-yoke is reversed, and the screw, pin, or boltb4 in the operation last above described will be connected with theother endof said Spanner- `yoke,'which would be the lower'end-tllereof`i when said spanner-yokeis connected with the The right-handside of thewindow-frame. plate 297 is also provided at its upper end with a hook n2and at its lower end with keepers its, and placed in these keepers is aremovable pin n4, provided with a-.chain 71.5, which is secured near theupper en d of said plate, and the pinm;L constitutes the pintle of thehinge by which the plate bs is secured to the frame, and by removingsaid piutle the entire i device may be disconnected from thewindowframeafter detaching the line, and in order` i to detach the lineall that is necessary is to take out the bolt g5 inthe end of the yokegr2 and remove the pulley-holder g3, and said pulley-holder may vthen`be suspended from the hook u2 and the device may be used as anordinaryclothes-lineholder and supported entirely outside of thewindow-frame,and this may be done in case of an emergency or at any timewhen necessary, and it will therefore be seen` that by constructing Amyimproved clothes-line holder as hereinbefore described the pulley g andits support may be connected with the outside of therwindowframe andused in-the usual manner independent of the arm d, or said pulley andits supportmay be connected with said arm ICO modification for thesupport ofthe spanner- I vyoke b, and in-this construction I pivotallyi4connectwith the pint-les a7 andas, only one of which is shown in Fig.9, a yoke-'shaped bracket o, andthe spanner-yokebis pivot'ally'connected withfsaid bracket, and by using b I am enabledto support thearm d ata 'greater distance from theside of the winported at any desiredangle to said window-V this form of connectionfor the Spanner-yoke IIOframe and at any desired distance therefrom,4

and the said arm may thus be accommodated to almost any position of thesupplemental support of the line c, which is-not shown. It will also beseen that theyoke g2 and the pul ley-wheel g are supported-in a planeatan angle of aboutforty-iive degrees to a vertical plane passingthrough the arm Land `by means of this arrangement the lower-reach orpart of the line e is held outwardly from the frame `of the window andfrom the arm c7, and'thisl position of the parts facilitates themanipulation ofsaid line and the placing of the articles thereon and theremoval of thearticles therefrom.

In the operation of putting the `clothes or other articles on the linethe bottom or lower reachor part thereof is disconnected from the headC74, as shown in full linesin Fig. 1, and said line may then be easilypulled around the pulleys or supports thereof and the clothes IIS orother articles may be readily and easily connected with and detachedfromsaid line; but when the clothes or other articles are connected withsaid line and the latter is in use simply as a support for said articlesto be dried said bottom reach or part of the line is connected with thepulley Z7 or passed thereover, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

It will be understood that when the arm d is swung downwardly andoutside of the Window-frame the line e or the separate parts thereof maybe in position on the pulleys d6 and (Z7, and the line may operate inthis position for the purpose for which it is intended, and ifA thegreatest `possible lengthof the arm d be employed the line c will rubagainst the bottom of the window-frame or window-sill; but by employingthe brace m3, as hereinbefore described, the said arm is held outwardlyof said frame to such a distance that the line will not rub against theframe, and said brace operates to prevent the arm dand its connectedparts from striking the window sash or frame and also prevents the linefrom rubbing yagainst or chafing any part of said frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A clothes-line holder comprising a support adapted to be connectedwith a windowframe, andan arm connected with one end of said support bya ball-and-socket joint, so as to be swung diagonally of the frame, saidarm being provided at its opposite end with a pulley and at the endthereof connected with vsaid support with two pulleys,'one of which isabove and the other below said ball-andsocket joint, substantially asshown and described. l

2. A clothes-line holder comprising a support adapted to be connectedwith a windowframe, and an arm connected with said support at one end bya ball-andg-socket joint so as to be swung diagonally of the frame andprovided at its opposite end with a detachable pulley, said arm beingalso provided at the end thereof which is connected to said support withtwo pulleys, one end of which is arranged above and the other below theballand-socket joint, and said detachable pulley being supported at alateral angle to the said arm, substantially as shown and described.

3. A clothes-line holder comprising a support adapted to be connectedwith a windowframe so as to swing laterally, means for adjusting saidsupport to any desired lateral position, an arm connected at one endwith said support by a ball-and-socket joint so as to be swung at anangle to the side ofthe frame and provided at said end with two pulleys,one of which is arranged above and the other below said ball-'and-socketjoint, said arm being also provided at its free end with a pulley,substantially as shown and described.

4.-. A clothes-line holder comprising a support adapted to be connectedwith a windowframe and to swinglaterally thereon, an arm j connected atone end with said support by a ball-and-socket joint so as to swing atan angle to said frame and provided above and below said joint with apulley, said arm being also provided in its opposite end with a pulley,and a clamp adjustable transversely of the window-frame and adapted tohold said arm, substantially as shown and described.

5. A clothes-line holder comprising a support adapted to be connectedwith a windowframe and to swing toward and from said frame, means foradjusting the position of said support, an arm connected at one end withsaidsupport by a ball-and-socket joint and provided above and below saidjoint with pulleys, a detachable pulley mounted in the opoposit'e end ofsaid arm, and a clamp adjustable transversely of the window-frame andadapted to receive said arm, substantially as shown and described.

G. A clothes-line holder comprising a support adapted to be connectedwitha windowrame and to swing toward and from said frame7 means foradjusting the position of said support, an arm connected at one end withsaid support by a ball-and-socket joint and provided above and belowsaid joint with pulleys, a detachable pulley mounted in the opposite endof said arm, and a clamp adjustable transversely of the Window-frame andadapted to receive said arm, said detachable pulley being supported atan inclination to a horizontal plane, substantially as shown anddescribed.

7. A clothesline holder comprising a spanner-yoke adapted to beconnected with a window-frame so as to swing in a horizontal plane,devices for adjusting the position of said yoke with reference to saidframe, part of which devices are detachably connected with said frame,an arm connected with one end of said spanner-yoke by means of aballand-socket joint and provided at said end and above and below saidjoint with pulleys, and a pulley mounted in the opposite end of saidarm, substantially as shown and described.

'8. A clothes-line holder comprising a spanner-yoke adapted to beconnected with a Window-frame and to swing in a horizontal plane,devices for holding said yoke in any desired position and part ot' whichare detachably connected with said frame, an arm connected at one endwith said support by means of a balland-socket joint and provided aboveand below said joint with pulleys, a detachable pulley mounted in theopposite end of said arm, and a clamp adapted to be connected with thewindow-frame and adjustable transversely thereof and adapted to receivesaid arm, substantially as shown and described.

9. In a device 'of the class described, a sup-v ICO IIO

tal plane, and a supplemental jaw pivotally connected therewith andadapted to swing in a vertical plane, said clamp being adapted toreceive and hold said arm, substantially as shown and described.

10. In a clothes-line holder, a yoke adapted to be connected with awindow-frame so as to swing in a horizontal plane, means for regulatingthe position of said yoke, an arm connected at one end with said yoke bymeans of a universal joint, said arm being provided at said end andabove and below said joint with a pulley, a pulley connected with theopposite end of said arm, and a brace pivotally connected with said armand adapted to be connected with said yoke, substantially as shown anddescribed.

11. In a clothes-line holder comprising a yoke adapted to be connectedwith a windowframe so as to swing in a horizontal plane, devices foradjusting the position of said yoke, a part of which is adapted to bedetachably connected with said frame, an arm connected with said yoke bya ball-and-socket joint and provided above and below said joint with apulley and a supplemental pulley mounted in the opposite end of saidyoke and detachable therefrom, substantially as shown and described.

12. In a clothes-line holder, a yoke adapted to be connected with awindow-frame and to swing in a horizontal plane, devices for securingsaid yoke in any desired position, part of which consists of a platehinged to the window-frame by means of a detachable pintle, an armconnected with said yoke by a ball-and-socket joint and provided aboveand below said joint with a pulley and a detachable pulley mounted inthe opposite end of said arm, substantially as shown and de-A scribed.

13. In a clothes-line holder, an arm provided with a yoke, the sides ofwhich are segmental in cross-section and provided with inwardlydirectedshoulders or projections and a pulley support provided with side memberswhich are also segmental in cross-section and through which the shaft ofthe pulley is passed, said pulley-support being also provided with aswiveled eye and said yoke with a pin or bolt which is passed throughthe ends of the sides thereof and through said eye, substantially asshown and described.

let. In a device of the class described, an arm d provided with a sleeved2 composed of separate parts d3, said sleeve being provided with anoblong head d4 having pulleys d6 and CW in the opposite ends thereof,said arm being` also provided at the opposite end with a yoke g2,substantially as shown and described.

15. In a clothes-line holder, the combination with a window-frame of ayoke connected therewith and adapted to be swung in a horizontal plane,an arm connected with one end of said yoke by a ball-and-socket jointand provided above and below said joint with a pulley, said arm beingalso provided in the opposite end with a pulley and means for adjustin gsaid end of said arm laterally with reference to the window-frame,substantially as shown and described.

1G. In aclothes-lineholder, the combination with a window -frame of ayoke connected therewith and adapted to swing in a horizontal plane,means 'for adjusting the position of said yoke, an arm connected withsaid yoke by means of a ball-and-socket joint and provided above andbelow said joint with a pulley, a pulley detachably connected with theopposite end of said arm and held therein at a lateral inclination to avertical plane and a device connected with and adjustable transverselyof the window-frame and provided with a clamp which is adapted to swingin a horizontal plane and receive and hold the free end of vsaid arm,substantially as shown and described.

-In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 11th day ofJanuary, 1902.

ALFRED H. JONES.

Witnesses:

F. A. STEWART, C. E. MULREANY.

